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NEW DELHI: Following Vodafone's hourly voice and data packs, Idea Cellular, India's third largest telco will be launching similar schemes offering unlimited data to users for a fixed price, Telecomtalk reported.
According to the report, Idea has pushed an SMS to its users regarding hourly data pack for Rs 22 per hour. The pack will offer unlimited 3G/4G data which is similar to Vodafone's offerings.

NEW DELHI: LG has already confirmed it will be using heat pipes in its upcoming G6 flagship smartphone. Now, a new report says that rival Samsung, too, may use a similar technology for its upcoming Galaxy S8 flagship smartphone. According to a report by Digitimes website, the Galaxy S8 will be launching in March this year.
It has been also mentioned that the thermal pipes will be produced by Taiwan-based Auras Technology and Chaun Choung Technology (CCI). Rival LG is said to use heat-pipes supplied by Japan-based Furukawa Electric and Taiwan-based Delta Electronics.

Apple filed a $1 billion lawsuit against supplier Qualcomm Inc on Friday, days after the US government accused the chip maker of resorting to anticompetitive tactics to maintain a monopoly over key semiconductors in mobile phones.
Qualcomm is a major supplier to both Apple and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd for "modem" chips that connect phones to wireless networks. The two companies together accounted for 40% of Qualcomm's $23.5 billion in revenue in its most recent fiscal year.

ScanSource has agreed to buy master agent Intelisys Communications for $83.6 million plus earn-outs in a deal aimed at accelerating recurring revenue telecom and cloud services among its traditional communications resellers.